The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-31
THE BEAUTY OF THE FAMILY.


Generally Arrogant, Selfish, Vain and
Observation-Disclosures Final Fate.
There is one in most families, I believe,
certainly in nearly all large families, and
nv opinion Is that the family beauty is
mistake of nature, with which opinion
have no doubt many others viii agree, es-
pecialiy those who have had, OF are hav-
ing. experience with one Sometimes the
beauty is really beautiful or handsome.
sometimes only 50 by comparison with
the other members Of the family, and
sometimes land this il not seldoni1 no one
with unpreiudiced eyes can sec any beauty
whatever in the much admired person.
The ..beauty' Is always AFRO ant, whether
consciously or not, always selfish. and al
WAYS; vain. She is made ~ much of,
from the time she is a laby upward. and
told 80 often that she Is pretty, that she
could not well help it.
They may do nearly. if not quite, as
they Ike. and their faults are excused in
a way which Ito any ore but their adj
miring relatives) is perfectly ridiculous,
because they are 80 pretty" Speak of
their audacity, seliishness, rudenrss.
thoughtlessness, carelessncss, disregard
for the feelings of others. disr.spectful-
ness. or, in fact. any other quality which
in plain person would IL thought repre-
heIlsible, and the answer is very likely to
be: Yes, yes, know it is so sometimes.
but then she is. so pretty. you know.
and so we must put up with their rude
ness. carelessness. or any of their above
mentioned faults. and be domineered over
simply because they are $50 pretty
And then the parents and other relatives
Of the beauty will often be partial to
members of the family, for it is very harl
to know that father" and '.mother"
are prouder of So-and-So than they are
IL you, becatsse she is the most beautiful,
although most likely You are far the most
obe.iient and RESPECTFUL.
And these beauties so often seem t.
spend their lives in giving trouble and
sorrow for all the love and admiration
they receive. l knew a gentleman once
who. in speaking of BEAUTIFUL little
child to n near relative, said land he was
old enough To know. .'She is very
pretty; So pretty that she will give
plenty of heartaches," and. although still
very young, she has verified his predic-
tons many times, and seems in a fair
way To do 81 many times more. And yet
these BEAUTIES are to lie pitied. for, al
though they make other people miser-
| able they also make themselves SD. for
they are nearly always Disconnected. a
family beauty is never So happy rs the
| palmer Ones for she expects 50 much ad-
| mir;,tion and attention that what she does
receive seems very little, and there are
| ten chances to one that she viii do one
of three things. Perhaps she will marry
while still almost a child for with all her
beauty she generally has great fear of
not getting marriedD, and disappoints the
high hopes which her great beauty has
| raised in the minds of her friends by set
thing down into IA DISCONTINUED, common
| place woman, and soon frctting all her
| beauty away. Or she may slight and re-
| ject ali her chances until she realizes
| that she has passed her premier jue-
nesse,' and then takes the first one that
offers himself, and so averts the terrible
danger of becoming what the popular
phrase terms an .'old maid" or, most
likely of all, stay unmarried all her life
| for il is well known fact that per
pretty women stay single thar. pam ones
and it is all owing 10 the fact that the
-s-Xpect more than their more modest
if palmer, sisters. 1t is these disaI
pointed beauties" who make up, in
great measure, the great army of typica
''old maids for their annoyance ut n6
marrying well is i'm proportion to thei
pride of beauty, and it naturally souI
their temper.-Chicago Times.